About Western Alliances From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lookaway, Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt’s Western …
latest posts
-
-
An Oath Tested in The Weaver and the Witch Queen In this subversive feminist myth …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
LitStack Recsnovella
3 Outstanding Titles From Alcove Chapbooks – Is Short The New Long?
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Alcove Chapbook Series Prize released its first chapbooks from WTAW Press The Rise Of …
-
Creative WritingLitStack Toolkit
5 Great Screenwriting Books For Improved Dramatic Storytelling (plus 3 bonus books)
by Tee Tateby Tee TateUse screenwriting books to learn how to bring extra dimensions to your fiction. Think Outside …
-
Why remember the dead? About The Ledger of Mistakes “Why remember the dead?” poet Kathy …
-
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
LitStack Recs
The Language of a Painter’s Vocabulary in “Pictures,” by David Hockney
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanPictures by David Hockney, published in 1979, was intended as a catalog of Hockney’s work …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
Brisk, witty, and always surprising. Expect the unexpected. In their Substack columns, these acclaimed authors …
-
Litstack NowLitStack PicksLitStack Reviews
Beautiful Complexity in “Bearded Lady” by Allison Landa
by Rylie Fongby Rylie FongA debut LitStack Review of Bearded Lady, by Allison Landa. A Rift In Consciousness Philosopher …
-
The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson is a “furiously funny” novel (Sunday Express, UK) about a …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Find your favorite or check which author …
-
Find The Perfect Summer Reading! Cozy Up To Your Summer Reading Summer is a great …
-
Tubby & Coos is doing great! But 12 years ago, booksellers scrambled to maintain their …
-
A Life And Love Found And Forgotten About How To Be Remembered With the speculative …
-
Will Seven Years Sever A Timeless Love? About The Seven Year Slip The Flatshare meets …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
An ex-cop sets out to find her missing sister and discovers the horrifying truth about …
-
LitStack Recs
Chasing the Power to Save in “Telephone” by Percival Everett
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanUnusually progressive. That was how Dr. Gurewich characterized my daughter’s condition. from Telephone by Percival …
-
What it means to be haunted by the past. About I Am Homeless If This …
-
We’re counting down 5 LGBTQ books (plus a bonus title) for your reading pleasure. LGBTQ …
-
LitStack ReviewsPodcasts
426 Episodes of “The Big Gay Fiction Podcast” Will Help You Survive
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Big Gay Fiction Podcast saves the world! A Surge of Diversity in Publishing Readers …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
AudiobooksLitStack Recs
LitStack Rec – 6 Great Audiobooks for #Audiobook Month
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThere’s a distinct pleasure (and utility) in reading a book in audio form. This past …
-
In Above the Fold, it is In the 1980s New York City, and a crime …
-
Be Mine—From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank …
-
About Small Pieces Small Pieces is a collaboration between novelist Micheline Aharonian Marcom and writer …
-
A return to the Hollows in Demons of Good and Evil, where Rachel Morgan learns …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
LitStack RecsMemoir
A Testament to Darkness and Light: And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, a memoir by Mike Smith
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this week’s Litstack Rec, we’re revisiting And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, …
-
SPOILER ALERT! WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Somebody’s Gotta …
-
Book LoveRomance
Romance-Always Please! The Ripped Bodice, A Romantic Bookstore
by Tee Tateby Tee TateSoon to span the U.S. from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, the romance-only bookstore, The Ripped …
-
All the Sinners Bleed when faith and violence meet. About All the Sinners Bleed A …
-
Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites, …
-
LitStack Recs
Unpacking the Hidden Parts – “Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this LitStack Rec of “Body Work,” we unpack the hidden parts of memoir. Lauren …
-
We’ve updated this post with the winning bookstore listed at the very end. Scroll down …
-
Drowning – Just try to breathe! T.J. Newman is back again with another riveting thriller …
-
T.H. WHITE – Author Birthday May 29 On this day, May 29, in 1905, author …
-
LitStack RecsShort Stories
5 Outstanding Linked Story Collections Perfect for Short Story Month
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this LitStack Rec, we are celebrating Short Story Month by singing the praises of …
-
Creative WritingLitStack Toolkit
5 Great Writing Retreats and Books to Achieve Balance
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWe are here to help you find some balance in your writing. We recommend five …
-
An elevated beachside read in the Outer Banks Bookshop Mysteries series. Murder on Mustang Beach …
-
LitStack RecsMemoir
Hiding a Perilous Truth in James Tate Hill’s “Blind Man’s Bluff”
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFor this LitStack Rec, we’re revisiting James Tate Hill’s engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man’s …
-
With The House on Prytania, book two in her Royal Street series, Karen White spins …
-
LitStack ListLitStack Recs
Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 7 Great Books
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThese novels, story collections, and works of nonfiction by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors …
-
This LitStack Rec not only examines character building but also some of the challenging aspects …
-
Genevieve Cogman’s Scarlet takes readers to 18th-century Europe. Aristocratic society has welcomed vampires into its …
-
LitStack Recs
A Poem Opens Between Two Languages in “O” by Zeina Hashem Beck
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThis LitStack Rec celebrates April’s National Poetry Month and Arab American Heritage Month by recommending …
-
Creative WritingLitStack Toolkit
5 Lessons on the Creative Process – “Hadestown” and “Working On A Song”
Everything is seamless to the audience of a Broadway show like the award-winning musical Hadestown. …